My Nephew Emmett

2017

Drama / History

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Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 55% · 11 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 55%
IMDb Rating 6.8/10 10 774 774

Plot summary

This visually ravishing and thought-provoking work portrays one of the USA’s great shames—the 1955 murder of 14-year-old Emmett Till by two white men in Mississippi—and movingly reminds us of this dark episode’s enduring relevance.

Director

Kevin Wilson Jr. Photo
Kevin Wilson Jr.

Top cast

Jasmine Guy Photo
Jasmine Guy as Elizabeth Wright
Ethan Leaverton Photo
Ethan Leaverton as Roy Bryant
Emily Hooper Photo
Emily Hooper as Carolyn Bryant
Joshua Wright Photo
Joshua Wright as Emmett Till
720p.WEB
179.73 MB
1280*582
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
12 hr 19 min
Seeds 2

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by gbill-74877 8 / 10

Powerful

Powerful story, and one that's well told here. One of the great things about telling it from the uncle's perspective is that the feeling of dread and powerlessness is amplified. Imagine laying there in the dark of night, listening for someone who may come, wondering what cruelty might be committed. We see who Emmett Till was from his perspective - just a kid, an innocent kid. Like other young men, he's interested in having fun and flirting with women, but not in a menacing way. There is a quietness about the film that goes well with the pain of subjugation in the Jim Crow south. The inclusion of the archival footage is also brilliant.
Reviewed by ferguson-6 8 / 10

raw terror

Greetings again from the darkness. Racism is a global issue touching every continent and most every town. Never is it more powerful or disheartening than when presented as the story of one person or family. Kevin Wilson Jr's short film dramatizes the true story from 1955 when 14 year old Emmett Till from Chicago visited his Uncle Mose in Mississippi.Told from the perspective of Uncle Mose (a terrific LB Williams), there are a couple of haunting images and moments. When a neighbor mentions to Mose that Emmett (Joshua Wright) had whistled at the wife of a white townsperson, Mose immediately knows trouble is coming. The image of this proud man unable to find peace in a rare bath, and then assuming a position of sentry in the middle of the night, is fascinating and terribly sad to anyone with a shred of humanity.The film exemplifies personal terror in its rawest form. Most of us can't relate to living in constant fear, but this well-studied incident has remained in the forefront of civil rights history for more than 60 years. It's chilling to see the final clip of the real Mose delivering his statement on camera so long ago. It's a wonderful short film with lasting impact.
Reviewed by Hellmant 8 / 10

Well made, educational and moving.

'MY NEPHEW EMMETT': Four Stars (Out of Five)A 20-minute short film about the attempted abduction, by two white men, of a 14-year-old African-American boy, who's also the nephew of a respected African-American preacher, from his home in 1955 Mississippi. The boy was accused of whistling at a white woman, and it becomes obvious that he'll most certainly be killed if the white men take him. The short was written and directed by Kevin Wilson Jr., and it stars L.B. Williams, Joshua Wright, Jasmine Guy and Dane Rhodes. This short is a retelling of a classic history lesson (which I had forgotten the outcome of). It's well made, educational and moving. It's also decently acted, and the cinematography is beautiful too at times.
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